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Two Weeks To Go!

As of today we have 56 vendors confirmed for the Columbia, SC November 4 & 5 show!
Over 100 Tables filled with most anything you are looking for.
There will be animals that have never been to any South Carolina Show ever!

There has been 40,000 fliers distributed through out SC, GA, NC and some have even made it to FL. Two vendors that are headed to Hamburg are even taking fliers to the show this week end. Radio ads will start running the week before the show and a live remote on Saturday November 4th.

Visit the Herp Societies booths from SC, GA ,TN, SHHS and NCARK.
From the NCARK group:
Roark Ferguson was integral in the formation of NCARK. We are now proud to announce that we will be working together again to create the SC Association of Reptile Keepers (SCARK). To find out more you can contact me or visit the NCARK booth in Columbia. We refuse to sit idle and watch our rights be taken away! Join Us & Help Protect Your Rights!

Dean Ripa and I are working on a way that members of NCARK can pool their resources to purchase a stock of AV that would cover many commonly kept exotics. This would be a way of making a statement that we are serious about what we do and are ready to take responsibility for it. It would create a vital safety net for those who participate at a very reasonable and affordable cost. This collective would also remove the objection by many Zoo's that bites to private keepers endanger their personal by depleting their AV supply. To find out more you can contact me or visit the NCARK booth in Columbia. Let us know if you would like to get involved. Join Us & Help Protect Your Rights!

Andrew Wyatt
President NC Association of Reptile Keepers
www.NCARK.org
andrew@ncark.org
252-207-1041

Have you ordered your VIP Pass yet? How about booking tables? We only have a very limited number of both available! Get your’s TODAY! Remember if you have ordered your VIP PASS we are not snail mailing them, you will be on the VIP list at the door.

Need more info? Checkout our web site at www.reptileandexoticanimalshow.com/columbia
Or Call 864.292.9614

IS there a way to contact the Herp SOciety in that area? One of the MIdway carnival has a game with baby iguanas as prizes. This is against SC Code 47-1-210. The police said they are trying to figure out who is supposed to handle criminal code violations in SC. Meanwhile, the fair is headed to Greenville where it opens on Monday.

Maybe the show can include a petition to the SC dept of Agriculture asking that the local police to told to enforce the state animal code.

Coastal Carolina Herp Society
843.696.4076

Steve Bennett/ DNR
803.734.3930

Not sure where your info came from but I know of no carnivas or fairs here in Greenville, nor any codes, rules or regulations pretaining to reptiles as prizes here.

Sorry, it is the Greenwood County Fair and it starts Monday.

The Code is 47-1-210 Animals as Prizes.

SOUTH CAROLINA

S.C. Code Ann. § 47-1-125 (2002)
§ 47-1-125. Coloring or dying animals prohibited; sale or distribution of certain young animals prohibited; penalty.
(1) It is unlawful for any person to dye or color artificially any animal or fowl, including but not limited to rabbits, baby chickens, and ducklings, or to bring any dyed or colored animal or fowl into this State. (2) It is unlawful for any person to sell, offer for sale or give away as merchandising premiums, baby chickens, ducklings or other fowl under four weeks of age or rabbits under two months of age to be used as pets, toys or retail premiums. (3) This section shall not be construed to apply to any animal or fowl, including but not limited to rabbits, baby chickens and ducklings to be used or raised for agricultural purposes by persons with proper facilities to care for them or for poultry or livestock exhibitions. (4) Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-1-210 (2002)
§ 47-1-210. Live animals as prizes; exceptions; penalties.
(A) It is unlawful to give away a live animal including, but not limited to, a fish, bird, fowl, or reptile, as a prize for, or as an inducement to enter, any contest, game, or other competition, or as an inducement to enter a place of amusement, or for these species to be used as an incentive to enter into any business agreement if the offer made was for the purpose of attracting trade. (B) Nothing in this section may be construed to prohibit an auction or raffle of a live animal including, but not limited to, a fish, bird, fowl, or reptile. Further, the giving away or the testing of game or fowl for breeding purposes only is lawful and is not prohibited by this section as an incentive to enter into a business agreement if the person giving away or testing game or fowl is engaged in that trade. (C) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished for each separate offense by a fine not to exceed three hundred dollars or imprisonment not to exceed thirty days, or both. (D) This section does not apply when a live animal is given away as follows: (1) by individuals or organizations operating in conjunction with a cooperative extension education program or agricultural vocational program sanctioned by the State Department of Education or local school districts; (2) by individuals or organizations operating in conjunction with field trials approved by the Department of Natural Resources; or (3) by kennels that advertise in national publications in regard to dogs that are registered with the United Kennel Club or the American Kennel Club.

I received word that Rockhill Police in York County handcuffed the game owner and took her away.

Please keep in mind that if you need to get in contact with anyone from the Repticon team after tomorrow night(will be in Columbia Friday morning) please call....
Billy Healy
(407) 230-7217

Cathy